Saint Roch Church, Baroque church in District VIII, Budapest, Hungary

Saint Roch Church stands on the Józsefváros side of Rákóczi út at Gyulai Pál utca 2, its Baroque facade and bell tower finished in 1765. The facade carries statues of Saint Roch, Saint Stephen, Saint Ladislaus, Saint Elizabeth, Saint Margaret and Saint Emeric, several carved around 1957. Inside, the sanctuary holds stone-inlay works made by Eszter Mattioni from 1963, and a lower church shows the early Christian trefoil foundation discovered during postwar restoration.

A cemetery chapel from the 11th century once stood on this site. After the 1710 plague, a votive chapel dedicated to Saint Roch was consecrated on 4 September 1711, the first chapel outside Pest's city walls. It was enlarged during the 1739–40 epidemic, and its facade and bell tower were completed by 1765. Bombing in January 1945 collapsed its Baroque vaults, and restoration revealed an early Christian cella trichora beneath the sanctuary, now a crypt.

The church is dedicated to Saint Roch, the protector against plague and disease, which explains its location next to the neighboring hospital. The name and placement show how faith and medical care were closely connected in this neighborhood.

The church is open to visitors during regular hours and services, with several public transit stops located nearby on Rákóczi Street. The location makes it easy to reach by bus, tram, or metro.

The adjacent hospital was where physician Ignác Semmelweis worked and developed revolutionary methods to fight childbed fever. His discovery that hand sanitization dramatically reduced mortality became the foundation of modern medical hygiene.